Foldable bed construction



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Oct. 1, 1929. c. c. CHITTIM FOLDABLE BED CONSTRUCTION Filed April 1, 1927 Patented Oct. 1, 1929 ;UNITED STA cam. '0. 0111mm, or srnmermrn, mrssouiui f Application filed April 1, 1927. Serial No.--1a0,s11.

This invention relates to a foldable or collapsible bed, andmore particularly to a construction of bed that may be placed within an automobile so that the occupants may sleep within the car without in any way being subject to inconvenience.

An object of the invention is a construction 7 that can be neatly and substantially supported upon the seats of an automobile and in such 1 a" manner that entrance and exit from the car is not interfered with. I

A Another object of the invention is to in corporate into the construction extensible features so that the bed may be used for a plurality of purposes. I

Another object of the invention is the novel manner of cutting and arranging the bed bottom so that upon extension of the various parts to set-up positionthe bed bottom will be tensioned to the required amount to'properlg and comfortably support an-occupant.

" esides the above, my invention is distinguished in the simple, substantial manner in f "which the various parts are connected for extensible and foldablemovements, and when inextended' position all parts are rigidly placed under strains to holdthebed bottom properly stretched and to prevent accidental disengagement between the various connections. l

With these and other objects in view, my I invention will bebetter'understood from a description v of the accompanying drawings, wherein 4 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bed shown in applied position;

Figure 2 is a top plan view Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevation; Figure 4 is an enlarged end elevation;

' end of the cover. 1

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view showing the FoLnAnLE isnnconsrnuc'rron Figure 10 is a detail sectional viewof one ofthe legs;

, Figure 11 is'a' longitudinal sectional View of the head end of thecover;

Figure 12 is a slmilar View through theioot Again referring to t he drawings, the nu meral 1 designates the main sectioncomprising the longitudinally extending sidebars 2,

to the ends of which are connected the hinges 3. The side barsalso havepivotally con; nectedthereto the hinge elements {1 that pro vide the pivotal connections betweenthe side bars and the extensible legs 5.- Each leg 5 includes an upper section Gand alowersection 7 adjustablylconnected together by the pivot ,pin 8 so that. the lower sec tionmay be folded into parallel relation with the upper section, and forthe purpose of holding the sections in extended position the lower section 7 vcarries a U-shaped clip adapted, when moved into one of its positions, to interlock or .straddle'the upper section 6, and thus in, a very simple, inexpensive manner the leg sections areconnected together for collapsible or extensible movement and when in an extended position the parts are rigidly connected together to assure the substantial support of the bedgzThe legstructures are connected together in pairs by the bracebars 10 arranged between and having abutting relation with the legsyso asf to not only sprea'dthe legs apart properly but exert r pressure in a direction that the engagement -sult,"the ends of the brace bar, areprovided withfpins: 11 seatedin sockets 12 in the legs. I Associated withthe main sectionare the end sections 13 and 14, which are ofidentical construction, consisting of the side bars 1 5 the' inner ends ofwhich are connected td the hinges 3 and the Outer, ends provided with pins16seated in sockets 17 in the cross bars 18. It willnowbe appreciated that with the 1 side bars and brace bars: in position, thefend bars and side bars will be properly spaced f to "properly tension'the dbottom 19 that is secured thereto. 1;;

The bed bottom 19 is an important part of my invention and is lapped part way aroimd and secured to the side bars, as at 20, and end bars by tacks or other elements and further provided with end loops 21 for receiving the end cross bars, and thus it y will be appreciated'thatthe bedbottom will beeifectively tensioned in a transverse direction by the. pressure exerted against the sidebars and end bars and will be effectively tensioned in a longitudinal direction in the swingingmovement of the end sections toward set-up posi tion. This bed bottom has a longitudinally extending reinforcing web 22, to one end of which,and to the corresponding endloop 21 of the bed bottom, is secured an adjustable strap 23, and thus the initial tension of the bed bottom maybe regulated so that the end a tions ma be allowed to properly move to extensible position and be held in such posi- 11511011 by the'tension of the bed bottom. 2 This "fbed bottom' 'is providedwith recesses 24: to avoidcontact of the bottom with the hinges 3 and 4; andfurther cut awayto provide a rectangular opening 25 adjacent one corner of the bedto allow thelpassage therethrough of l the steering wheel 26 of the automobile, straps 28 being provided to straddle the wheel and properly support that portion of the bedbotso" i f Tofjcomple'te'the structure, braces 29 and tom arranged adjacent the steering 1 wheel.

30 connect the cross brace bars 10 to the legs, with one of thebraces detachably secured to 1 the leg, as indicated at 31', so

from a leg to allow'the proper parts, as indicated in Figure 5.

each brace bar may be completely detached folding of the By referring to Figure 5, it will be noted that the legs 5 may be arranged in a collapsed position and swung into parallel relation with the'funder surfaces of'the side bars2 associatedtherewith; and the bars 15 folded in parallel relation with the upper surfaces of the side bars 2'and thus I provide a verycompact arrangement of the parts so that in the rolling of the bed bottom the parts will be concealed therein. Of course, it is to be un-- 'derstood that previous to the rolling ofthe bed bottom the end bars 18 have been removed 1 I and placed upon the cover, as broken lines in Figure 5. a L

The foldable features of the bed are such that a very compact bundle is provided-and indicated in when the bedis tobe set up it is only neces- I with the legs for completin the setting up of the bed. Thus in two simp e operationsl am completingthe frame and then swinging the brace bars 30 into interlocking engagement able to either collapse or setup the bednand when in a collapsed condition the same will occupy a minimum amount of space andwhen in a set-up position all parts are substantially connected to provide a rigid substantial structhat oneend of ture with the legs extending in a position to rest upon the cushion boards of the car after the cushions have been pulled forward sufficiently and the legs are of a sufficient length to hold the bed frame above the front seat back of any, design of car. i d d a a j V In concluding, I wish to emphasize the economical manner in which each part is constructed and the relatively few parts necestion and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited inany manner except as set forth in the appended claim. a

In a foldable bed structure of the class described, a main section including side mem- Ibers, end sections including side members foldably connected with the side members of the main section, crossbars extending .between and separably connected at their ends with the side members of the end sections,

a bed bottom stretched to extend between all of saidside members and the cross bars,

pairs of legs foldably connected at their upper ends with the side members of the main section, a cross bar disposed to "extend between the legs of each pair, each leg of each 7 pair having a socket in its inner side, the

cross bar being provided at its ends with studs removably engageable in said sockets and separably connectingvthe cross bar with the legs, 1 and braces pivotally connected to each of the cross bars and extending diagonally to the adjacent legs, one of saidbraces being also pivotally connected to the respec tive leg and the otherb-race being separably connected with the other leg.

; In testimony whereof I affixmy signature.

CARL G; Cl-IITTIM.

" sary to place the end bars '18 in interlocking i engagement with theends ofthe bars'15 for y 

